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6月英语六级阅读理解真题及答案解析「卷二」2016年6月英语六级阅读理解真题及答案解析「卷二」英语六级阅读包括一篇选词填空、一篇段落匹配题、两篇仔细阅读.下面是店铺整理的2016年英语六级阅读理解真题及答案解析，欢迎阅读!选词填空 Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on ,Answer Street 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass. As robots take on ever more complex roles, the question naturally 26__________ : Who will be responsible when they do something wrong? Manufacturers? Users? Software writers? The answer depends on the robot.Robots already save us time, money and energy. In the future, they will improve our health care, social welfare and standard of living. The 27__________ of computational power and engineering advances will 28__________ enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled, 29__________ use of driver less cars that may reduce drunk- and distracted-driving accidents and countless home and service-industry uses for robots, from street cleaning to food preparation.But there are 30__________ to be problems. Robot cars will crash. A drone (遥控飞行器)operator will 31__________ someone's privacy. A robotic lawn mower will run over a neighbor's cat. Juries sympathetic to the 32__________ of machines will punish entrepreneurs with company-crushing 33__________ and damages. What should governments do to protect people while 34__________ space for innovation?Big, complicated systems on which much public safety depends, like driver less cars, should be built, 35__________ and sold by manufacturers who take responsibility for ensuring safety and are liable for accidents. Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurer sprice the risk of the robots based on the manufacturer's driving record, not the passenger's.A. arisesB. ascendsC. boundD. combinationE. definiteF. eventuallyG. interfereH. invadeI. manifestingJ. penaltiesK. preservingL. programmedM. proximatelyN. victimsO. Widespread段落匹配 Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passagewith ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Reform and Medical Costs[A] Americans are deeply concerned about the relentless rise in health care costs and health insurance premiums. They need to know if reform will help solve the problem. The answer is that no one has an easy fix for rising medical costs. The fundamental fix—reshaping how care is delivered and how doctors are paid in a wasteful, abnormal system—is likely to be achieved only through trial and error and incremental (渐进的)gains.[B] The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term. As a report in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded, "Pretty much every proposed innovation found in the health policy literature these days is contained in these measures."[C] Medical spending, which typically rises faster than wages and the overall economy, is propelled by two things: the high prices charged for medical services in this country and the volume of unnecessary care delivered by doctors and hospitals, which often perform a lot more tests and treatments than a patient really needs.[D] Here are some of the important proposals in the House and Senate bills to try to address those problems, and why it is hard to know how well they will work.[E] Both bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals,nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to organize work. This proposal could save Medicare more than $100 billion over the next decade. If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger. Critics say Congress will give in to lobbyists and let inefficient providers off the hook That is far less likely to happen if Congress also adopts strong up aygo” rules requiring that any increase in payments to providers be offset by new taxes or budget cuts.[F] The Senate Finance bill would impose an excise tax(消费税)on health insurance plans that cost more than $8,000 for an individual or $21,000 for a family. It would most likely cause insurers to redesign plans to fall beneath the threshold. Enrollees would have to pay more money for many services out of their own pockets, and that would encourage them to think twice about whether an expensive or redundant test was worth it. Economists project that most employers would shift money from expensive health benefits into wages. The House bill has no similar tax. The final legislation should.[G] Any doctor who has wrestled with multiple forms from different insurers, or patients who have tried to understand their own parade of statements, know that simplification ought to save money. When the health insurance industry was still cooperating in reform efforts, it strade group offered to provide standardized forms for automated processing. It estimated that step would save hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. The billswould lock that pledge into law.[H] The stimulus package provided money to convert the inefficient, paper-driven medical system to electronic records that can be easily viewed and transmitted. This requires open investments to help doctors convert. In time it should help restrain costs by eliminating redundant tests, preventing drug interactions, and helping doctors find the best treatments.[I] Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality or effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high. Most agree that the solution is to push doctors to accept fixed payments to care for a particular illness or for a patient's needs over a year. No one knows how to make that happen quickly. The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare. They include such measures as accountable care organizations to take charge of a patient's needs with an eye on both cost and quality, and chronic disease management to make sure the seriously ill, who are responsible for the bulk of all health care costs, are treated properly. For the most part, these experiments rely on incentive payments to get doctors to try them.[J] Testing innovations do no good unless the good experiments are identified and expanded and the bad ones are dropped. The Senate bill would create an independent commission to monitor the pilot programs and recommend changes in Medicare's payment policies to urge providers to adopt reforms that work. The changes would have to be approved or rejected as a whole by Congress, making it hard for narrow-interest lobbies to bend lawmakers to their will.[K] The bills in both chambers would create health insuranceexchanges on which small businesses and individuals could choose from an array of private plans and possibly a public option. All the plans would have to provide standard benefit packages that would be easy to compare. To get access to millions of new customers, insurers would have a strong incentive to sell on the exchange. And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.[L] The final legislation might throw a public plan into the competition, but thanks to the fierce opposition of the insurance industry and Republican critics, it might not save much money. The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.[M] The president's stimulus package is pumping money into research to compare how well various treatments work. Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate (前列腺)cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.[N] Critics have charged that this sensible idea would lead to rationing of care. (That would be true only if you believed that patients should have an unrestrained right to treatments proven to be inferior.) As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.[O] Congress needs to find the courage to allow Medicare to pay preferentially for treatment sproven to be superior. Sometimes the best treatment might be the most expensive. Butoverall, we suspect that spending would come down through elimination of a lot of unnecessary or even dangerous tests and treatments.[P] The House bill would authorize the secretary of health and human services to negotiate drug prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Some authoritative analysts doubt that the secretary would get better deals than private insurers already get. We believe negotiation could work. It does in other countries.[Q] Missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs. Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in "defensive medicine" by performing tests and treatment sprimarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2021年12月英语六级答案（三套）2021年12月六级考试已经正式结束，也就是说今年下半年四六级考试落下了帷幕，眼下六级真题以及答案已经陆续公布，今日我给大家整理了2021年12月英语六级答案大全供大家参考，我们一起来看看吧!2021年12月英语六级答案听力答案第一套1. B]Her claim has been completely disregarded2. B)The ground floor of their cottage was flooded3. A)The womans failure to pay her house insurance in time4.D)5.C)6. D)Less time-consuming and focusing on creation7. C)Digital life could replace human civilization8. A)lt will be smarter than human beings9. C)Save one-ffth of their net monthly income10. D)Start by doing something small11.A)A proper mindset12. A)She found her outfit inappropriate13. D)To save the trouble of choosing a unique outfit every day14. B)it matters a lot in jobs involving interactions with other 15.C)16.B)17. A)Things that we cherish most18. C)They serve multiple purposes19. D)Over 10% of the respondents lied about the distance the drove20. B)They want to protect their reputation21 Cthey seem intuitive22. A)Older peoples aversion to new music.23. C)They find all music sounds the same.24. A)The more you experience something, the better youll appreciate it.25. D)Teenagersemotions are more intense第一第二套听力答案暂无第一套阅读理解答案：选词填空：This idea of taxing things that are…26.A. discouraging27.E. impaired28.J. instrumental29.N.pump30.G. incentives31.M. probably32.B. dividend33.L.predict34.H. inherently35.0.swelling信息匹配：Slow Hope36.[E] Some of today s narratives aboutthe future seem tosuggest that wetoo，likePrometheus，will be saved by a newHercules ，a divineengineer someone who will master-mind，manoeuvre andmanipulate our planet .37.DWeneedan acknowledgement of ourpresent ecologi-cal plight but also a language of pasitivechange，visions ofabetterfuture .38.[C] Today we can no longer ignore theecological cursesthat we have releasedin our search for warmth and com-fort.39.[K] The unscrupulous (无所忌的)commodificationoffood and the destructionof foodstuffs wilcontinue to dev-a states oils，livelihoods andecologies .40.[D] Acceleration is the signature ofour time .41.[G] This much is clear we need to findways that help usflatten thehockey-stick curves that reflect ourever-fasterpace of ecological destruction and social acceleration .42.[A] Our world is full of-mostlyuntold-star ies of slowhope，driven by the idea thatchange is possible .43.[F] Yet，ifweenvisage our salvation to come from a deusexmachina(解围之种)，from a divine engineer or a techsolutionist who wll miraculously conjure up a new source ofenergy or another cure-allwith revolutionary patency ，wemight be looking in thewrong place .44[L] We need an acknowledgement of ourpresent eco lagi-cal plight but also a language of positive change ，visions ofabetter future .45.[B] At the beginning of time-so goesthe myth-humanssuffered ，shivering in the cold anddark until the titan(巨人) Prometheus stole fire from thegods.仔细阅读：46.B) The near impossibility ofappreciating art in an age of mass tourism.47.B) It is quite common to misinterpretartistic works.48.C) Good management is key to handlinglarge crowds ofvisitors.49.BItis possible to combineentertainment with apprecia-tion of serious art.50.C Helpustosee the world from adifferent perspective.51.D) It takes no notice of the potentialimpact on the envi-@ronment.52.A It has the capacity and thefinancial resources to do so.53.D) Farming consumes most of ournatural resources.54.D) Its alleged failure to regulate theindustries.55.B) Endeavor to ensure the sustainabledevelopment ofagriculture.第二套阅读理解答案：选词填空：Virtually every activity that entails orfacilitates…26.C.cumulative27.1.scale28.F. foreseeable29.J.strangle30.G.predictions31.D. disruptions32.B. credited33.A. credential34.M.survive35.E.Federal信息匹配：Why lifelong leaming is the inte mationalpassport to suc-cess36.[H] Those projects are then interwovenwith fast-pacedtechnical modules (模块)learnedon-the-flyandatwilr depending on the nature of the project .37.[E] The Bachelars degree could beyour passport to lifo-long learning .38.[B] Why?Because universities andcurricula are designedalong the three unities of French classical tragedy ：time，ac-tion，andplace.39.[K] Sound like sciencefiction?40.D] In addition to technicalcapabilities ，the very nature ofprojects develops socialand entrepreneurial skills ，suc hasdesign thinking ，initiative taking ，teamleading，activity re-porting or resource planning .41.[C] The university model needs toevolve .42.[J] After the MSc diploma is earned ，there would be manymore stamps of lifelong learning over the years.43.[N] Even if time were not an issue ，who will pay for life-long learning?44[F] Recent advances in computationalmethods and datascience push us into rethinking science and engineering ，45.[M] This could fix the main organisational challenges fortheuniversity ，butnotforthelearners，due to lack of time-family obligations or funds .仔细阅读：46. B) Peoples reluctance to becompelled to eat plantbased food.47. A) Radically change their dietaryhabits.48. B) Many people simply do not haveaccess to foods they prefer49. D) It may worsen the nourishmentproblem in lowincome countries.50. A) It accepts them at the expense ofthe long-term interests of its people.51. C) They constantly dismissothersproposals while taking no responsibility for tacklingthe problem.52. D A distinction should be drawnbetween responsibility and fault53. A Stop them from going further byagreeing with them.54. B) They are prompted to come up withideas for making possible changes.55. C Assuming responsibility to freeoneself第三套六级阅读理解答案：选词填空：Socialdistancing is putting people out of work ，……26.C.driven27.O.vulnerable28.H.random29.N.unque30.L.thriftier31.K.temptations32.A.amazing33.D.engaged34.J.spiritually35.B.closer信息匹配：暂无仔细阅读：46.C) It may make us feel isolated andincompetent .47.A) They do not find all their onlinefriends trustworthy .48.C) Paint a rosy picture of a the rpeapleslives.49.A They should record the memorablemoments inpeo-ples lives50.D Strengthen ties with real - lifefriends instead of caringabout their online imageS1.A) Ruining their culture .52.D) Different chimp groups differ intheir wayofcommu-nication .53.B) Chimp behavior becomes less varied withthe increaseof human activity .54C) Study the unique characteristics ofeach generation ofchimps，55.C] Conserve animal species in a noveland all -roundway.2021年12月英语六级作文真题及范文第一套WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on why students should be encouraged to de-velop effective communication skills. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.范文:Living in an age when competition is becoming increasingly severe, students are generally encouraged to develop effec-tive communication skills. These skills include both the man-agement of body language and facial expressions while stu-dents are talking and the pace and emphasis of the speech flow.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop effective communication skills mainly lie in the following three respects. First of all, as a student, effective communi-cation skills make our thoughts and ideas more easily under-stood by those around us and our talent would be morelikely to been seen by others. Moreover, effective communi-cation skills give us the ability to fulfill tasks more efficient-ly and solve problems more effectively. Last but not least,knowing the secrets of effectively delivering what we would like to express helps us make more friends.To conclude, developing effective communication skills can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success undoubtedly. With these skills, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.第二套WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on why students should be encouraged to develop the ability to meet challenges. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.范文:Living in a world where challenges exist everywhere, stu-dents are generally encouraged to develop the ability to meet diverse challenges. Cultivating this ability is no easy task, but once you own it, you will be more likely to achieve success.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop the ability to meet challenges mainly lie in the following three respects. First of all, as a student, the ability to meet challenges can give them a stronger inner mind, which is very indispensable for the growth of contemporary young-sters. Moreover, the ability, to meet challenges can make students better prepared for their future career. Last but not least, this ability can undoubtedly enhance studentsefficiency to solve problems in their real lives.To conclude, developing the ability to meet challenges can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success eventually. With this ability, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.第三套Writing directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to an essay on why students should be encouraged to develop creativity. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words范文:Living in a time when science and technology has already been highly developed, students are gradually used to ac cepting large numbers of structured and experience-based knowledge. By contrast, creativity seems relatively more precious because it is a quality so rare that most people would ignore its existence.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop creativity mainly lie in the following three respects. First of all, the ability to be creative can give them a more splendi inner mind, which is very indispensable for the growth of contemporary youngsters. Moreover, creativity can stimu late students imagination, which people attach great im- portance to in the process of invention. Last but not least, this ability can undoubtedly enhance students efficiency to solve problems in their real lives.In my point of view, developing creativity can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success eventually. With this ability, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.2021年12月英语六级翻译真题答案第一套2021年12月六级翻译真题答案：港珠澳大桥(Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge)全长55公里，是我国一项不同寻常的工程壮举。

23年12月六级原卷2023 年 12 月大学英语六级考试原卷。

一、写作（15 分 30 分钟）。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence “Nowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-changing world”. You can make comments, cite examples, or use your personal experiences to develop your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.二、听力理解（35 分 30 分钟）。

（一）长对话（8 分，每题 1 分）。

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A. It is mainly based on teaching children art.B. It is mainly about improving children's health.C. It aims to help poor children with their studies.D. It focuses on children's emotional well-being.2. A. A lack of funding.B. Difficulties in finding volunteers.C. Parents' negative attitude.D. Competition from other programs.3. A. Provide free meals for children.B. Organize sports activities for them.C. Give them advice on their future careers.D. Help them with their homework.4. A. By making public speeches.B. By asking local businesses for donations.C. By advertising on social media.D. By offering training courses to volunteers.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A. The latest trends in the fashion industry.B. The influence of social media on shopping.C. The growth of online shopping platforms.D. The benefits of traditional retail stores.6. A. They are more convenient.B. They offer better customer service.C. They have a wider range of products.D. They allow customers to try on clothes.7. A. They are more expensive.B. They are of lower quality.C. They may not fit properly.D. They are difficult to return.8. A. The security of online payment.B. The limited selection of products.C. The lack of personal touch in online shopping.D. The slow delivery speed of online orders.（二）听力篇章（7 分，每题 1 分）。

2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套选词填空After becoming president of Purdue University in2013, Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education’s most important goals: critical thinking skills. Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years. Mr. Daniels needed to__27__ the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families. After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is "very important" has fallen 28 in the last 5-6 years.Purdue now has a pilot test to assess students' critical thinking skills. Yet like many collegeteachers around the U.S., the faculty remain __29__ that their work as educators can be measured by "learning 30 _ " such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason. However, the professors need not worry so much. The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use __31__ metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas: critical thinking, written communication, and quantitative literacy.Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome, and mostly __32__ earlier studies. The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were achieving high levels on critical thinking than they were doing for written communication or quantitative literacy. And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.American universities, despite their global 33__ for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning. Knowledge-based degrees are still important, but employers are still important, but employers are __34__ advanced thinking skills from college graduates. If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be __35__ measured, more people will seek higher education—and come out better thinkers.A. accuratelyB. confirmC. demandingD. doubtfulE. drasticallyF. justifyG. monopolizedH. outcomeI. predominanceJ. presumingK. reputationL. significantM. signifyN. simultaneouslyO. standardized答案：(26)L. significant(27)F. justify(28)E. drastically(29)D. doubtful(30)H. outcome(31)O. standardized(32)B. confirm(33)K. reputation(34)C. demanding(35)A. accurately2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套仔细阅读2篇Open data sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many researchers broadlyagree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labors online.Some communities have agreed to share online—geneticists, for example, post DNA sequencesat the GenBank repository (库) , and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some500 million objects—but these remain the excepti on, not the rule. Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standardsfor formatting data; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.But the barriers are disappearing, in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide areencouraging scientists to make their data public. Last year, the Royal Society in London said inits report that scientists need to "shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as aprivate preserve". Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be publicinformation, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitallyin ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing upto make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.Although calls to share data often concentrate on the moral advantages of sharing, the practice is not purely altruistic (利他的). Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citatio ns. The most successful sharers—those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often---get noticed, and their work gets used. For example, one of the most popular data sets onmultidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has beendownloaded 5,700 times. Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how muc h carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber. "I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions," she says. "It's important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible."Even people whose data are less popular can benefit. By making the effort to organize andlabel files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.46. What do many researchers generally accept?A. It is imperative to protect scientists' patents.B. Repositories are essential to scientific research.C. Open data sharing is most important to medical science.D. Open data sharing is conducive to scientific advancement.47. What is the attitude of most researchers towards making their own data public?A. Opposed.B. Ambiguous.C. Liberal.D. Neutral.48. According to the passage, what might hinder open data sharing?A. The fear of massive copying.B. The lack of a research culture.C. The belief that research data is private intellectual property.D. The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.49. What helps lift some of the barriers to open data sharing?A. The ever-growing demand for big data.B. The advancement of digital technology.C. The changing attitude of journals and funders.D. The trend of social and economic development.50. Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ________.A. is becoming increasingly popularB. benefits sharers and users alikeC. makes researchers successfulD. saves both money and laborPassage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide-ranging challenges. Its flagship stores in major U.S. cities depend heavily on international tourist spending, which shrank at many retailers due to a strong dollar. Meanwhile, Macy's has simply struggled to lure consumers who are more interested in spending on travel or dining out than on new clothes or accessories.The company blamed much of the poor performance in November and December on unseasonably warm weather. "About 80% of our company's year-over-year declines in comparable sales can be attributed to shortfalls (短缺) in cold-weather goods," said chief executive Teny Lundgren in a press release. This prompted the company to cut its forecasts for the full fourth quarter.However, it's clear that Macy's believes its troubles run deeper than a temporary aberration (偏离) off the thermometer. The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures. The company pledged to cut 600 back-office positions, though some 150 workers in those roles would be reassigned to other jobs. It also plans to offer "voluntary separation" packages to 165 senior executives. It will slash staffing at its fleet of 770 stores, a move affecting some 3,000 employees.The retailer also announced the locations of 36 stores it will close in early 2016. The company had previously announced the planned closures, but had not said which locations would be affected. None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.Macy's has been moving aggressively to try to remake itself for a new era of shopping. It has plans to open more locations of Macy's Backstage, a newly-developed off-price concept which might help it better compete with ambitious T. J. Maxx. It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year. At a time when young beauty shoppers are often turning to Sephora or Ulta instead of department store beauty counters, Macy's hopes Bluemercury will help strengthen its position in the category.One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up "double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled. That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wilder retail industry during the early part of the holiday season. While Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.51. What does the author say about the shrinking spending of international tourists in the U.S.?A. It is attributable to the rising value of the U.S. dollar.B. It is a direct result of the global economic recession.C. It reflects a shift of their interest in consumer goods.D. It poses a potential threat to the retail business in the U.S.52. What does Macy's believe about its problems?A. They can be solved with better management.B. They cannot be attributed to weather only.C. They are not as serious in its online stores.D. They call for increased investments.53. In order to cut costs, Macy's decided to ________.A. cut the salary of senior executivesB. relocate some of its chain storesC. adjust its promotion strategiesD. reduce the size of its staff54. Why does Macy's plan to expand Bluemercury in 2016?A. To experiment on its new business concept.B. To focus more on beauty products than clothing.C. To promote sales of its products by lowering prices.D. To be more competitive in sales of beauty products.55. What can we learn about Macy's during the holiday season?A. Sales dropped sharply in its physical stores.B. Its retail sales exceeded those of T. J. Maxx.C. It helped Bluemercury establish its position worldwide.D. It filled its stores with abundant supply of merchandise.Passage one46.D47.A48.C49.C50.BPassage two51.A52.B53.D54.D55.A2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第2套选词填空Half of your brain stays alert and prepared for danger when you sleep in a new place, a study has revealed. This phenomenon is often __26__ to as the "first-night-effect". Researchers from Brown University found that a network in the left hemisphere of the brain "remained more active" than the network in the right side of the brain. Playing sounds into the right ears (stimulating the left hemisphere) of __27__ was more likely to wake them up than if the noises were played into their left ear.It was __28__ observed that the left side of the brain was more active during deep sleep. When the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment on the second and third nights they found the left hemisphere could not be stimulated in the same way during deep sleep. The researchers explained that the study demonstrated when we are in a __29__ environment the brain partly remains alert so that humans can defend themselves against any __30__ danger.The researchers believe this is the first time that the "first-night-effect" of different brain states has been __31__ in humans. It isn't, however, the first time it has ever been seen. Some animal __32__ also display this phenomenon. For example, dolphins, as well as other __33__ animals, shut down one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep. A previous study noted that dolphins always __34__ control their breathing. Without keeping the brain active while sleeping, they would probably drown. But, as the human study suggest, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for __35__ while asleep. It also keeps their physiological processes working.A.ClassifiedB. consciouslyC. dramaticallyD. exoticE. identifiedF. inherentG. marineH. novelI. potential J. predators K. referred L. species M. specifically N. varieties O. volunteers答案(26)K. referred(27)O. volunteers(28)M. specifically(29)H. novel(30)I. potential(31)E. identified(32)L. species(33)G. marine(34)B. consciously(35)J. predators2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第2套仔细阅读2篇Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. Independence came in tying, wrapping, storing, harmonizing, and rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modem dress code, letting playsuits and other active wear outfits suffice for casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day. Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women who wore it. Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even copied and pirated specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as "modem art" would later be; it was genuinely invented and developed in America. Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home. Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modem woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers prized resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore the clothing.Many have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel (服装) on the basis of utility. If Pariswas cast aside, the tradition of beauty was also to some degree slighted. Designer sportswear would have to be verified by a standard other than that of pure beauty; the emulation of a designer's life in designer sportswear was a crude version of this relationship. The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's trivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.46. What contribution did the women designers make to American fashion?A. They made some improvements on the traditional Parisian design.B. They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features.C. They came up with a brand new set of design procedures.D. They made originality a top priority in their fashion design.47. What do we learn about American designer sportswear?A. It imitated the European model.B. It laid emphasis on women's beauty.C. It represented genuine American art.D. It was a completely new invention.48. What characterized American designer sportswear?A. Pursuit of beauty.B. Decorative closings.C. Ease of care.D. Fabric quality.49. What occurred in the design of women's apparel in America during the 1930s-40s?A. A shift of emphasis from beauty to utility.B. The emulation of traditional Parisian design.C. A search for balance between tradition and novelty.D. The involvement of more women in fashion design.50. What do we learn about designers of American sportswear?A. They catered to the taste of the younger generation.B. They radically changed people's concept of beauty.C. They advocated equity between men and women.D. They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.Passage Two Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife. They have led some birds to give up on migration. Instead offlying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks(鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asi a during the first five months of their lives. While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering (过冬) on rubbish dumps. Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps. "For the birds it's a very convenient way to get food. There are huge clusters of organic waste they can feed on," said Flack. The meals are not particularly appetising, or even safe. Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed inwith other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys."It's very risky. The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber bands and they can die," said Flack."And we don't know about the long-term consequences. They might eat something toxic and damage their health. We cannot estimate that yet."The scientists tracked white storks from different colonies in Europe and Africa. The Russian, Greek and Polish storks flew as far as South Africa, while those from Spain, Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.Landfill sites on the Iberian peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of theSpanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara desert to the western Sahel. Writing inthe journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by thepresence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months over wintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risksof feeding on landfills. But that's not the only uncertainty. Migrating birds affect eco systems both at home and at their winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could haveunexpected side effects. White storks feed on locusts (蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand. "They provide a useful service," said Flack.51. What is the impact of rubbish dumps on wildlife?A. They have forced white storks to search for safer winter shelters.B. They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.C. They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.D. They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.52. What do we learn about birds following the traditional migration routes?A. They can multiply at an accelerating rate.B. They can better pull through the winter.C. They help humans kill harmful insects.D. They are more likely to be at risk of dying.53. What does Andrea Flack say about the birds overwintering on rubbish dumps?A. They may end up staying there permanently.B. They may eat something harmful.C. They may evolve new feeding habits.D. They may have trouble getting adequate food.54. What can be inferred about the Spanish birds tagged in the study?A. They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winter.B. They prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.C. They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.D. They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.55. What is scientists' other concern about white storks feeding on landfills?A. The potential harm to the ecosystem.B. The genetic change in the stork species.C. The spread of epidemics to their homeland.D. The damaging effect on bio-diversity.Passage one46.B47.D48.C49.A50.CPassage two51.D52.D53.B54.C55.A2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第3套选词填空Let's all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who can't seem to keep their inner monologues (独白) in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain __26__ better and show improved perception capabilities. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.According to a series of experiments published in theQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to __27__ mental pictures helps people function quicker.In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty __28__ and asked themto find just one of those, a banana. Half were __29__ to repeat out loud what they were lookingfor and the other half kept their lips __30__. Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightly faster than those who didn't, the researchers say. In other experiments, Lupyan andSwignley found that __31__ the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helpedquicken someone's pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you've __32__ matured is not a great sign of __33__. The two professors hope to refute that idea, __34__ that just as when kids walk themselves through a process, adults can benefit from using language not just to communicate, but also to help"augment thinking".Of course, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep the information you share simple, like a g rocery list. At any __35__, there's still such a thing as too much information.A. apparentlyB. arroganceC. brillianceD. claimingE. dedicatedF. focusedG. incurH. instructedI. obscurelyJ. sealedK. spectatorsL. triggerM. utteringN. volumeO. volunteers(26)F. focused(27)L. trigger(28)O. volunteers(29)H. instructed(30)J. sealed(31)M. uttering(32)A. apparently(33)C. brilliance(34)D. claiming(35)N. volume2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第3套仔细阅读2篇Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Tennessee's technical and community colleges will not outsource (外包) management of their facilities to a private company, a decision one leader said was bolstered by an analysis of spending at each campus.In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus' spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified by the state. Morgan said those findings—which included data from the system's 13 community colleges, 27 technical colleges and six universities—were part of the decision not to move forward with Governor Bill Haslam's proposal to privatize management of state buildings in an effort to save money."While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial," Morgan wrote to the presidents. "System institutions are operating very efficiently based on this analysis, raising the question of the value of pursuing a broad scale outsourcing initiative."Worker's advocates have criticized Haslam's plan, saying it would mean some campus workers would lose their jobs or benefits. Haslam has said colleges would be free to opt in or out of the out souring plan, which has not been finalized.Morgan notified the Haslam administration of his decision to opt out in a letter sent last week. That letter, which includes several concerns Morgan has with the plan, was originally obtained by The Commercial Appeal in Memphis.In an email statement from the state's Office of Customer Focused Government, which is examining the possibility of outsourcing, spokeswoman Michelle R. Martin said officials were still working to analyze the data from the Board of Regents. Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a "business justification" the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan."The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February," Martin said. "At this time there is nothing to take action on since the analysis has yet to be completed."Morgan's comments on outsourcing mark the second time this month that he has come out against one of Haslam's plans for higher education in Tennessee. Morgan said last week that he would retire at the end of January because of the governor's proposal to split off six universities of the Board of Regents system and create separate governing boards for each of them. In his resignation letter, Morgan called the reorganization "unworkable".46. What do we learn about the decision of technical and community colleges in Tennessee?A. It is backed by a campus spending analysis.B. It has been flatly rejected by the governor.C. It has neglected their faculty's demands.D. It will improve their financial situation.47. What does the campus spending analysis reveal?A. Private companies play a big role in campus management.B. Facilities management by colleges is more cost-effective.C. Facilities management has greatly improved in recent years.D. Colleges exercise foil control over their own financial affairs.48. Workers' supporters argue that Bill Haslam's proposal would _________.A. deprive colleges of the right to manage their facilitiesB. make workers less motivated in performing dutiesC. render a number of campus workers joblessD. lead to the privatization of campus facilities49. What do we learn from the state spokeswoman's response to John Morgan's decision?A. The outsourcing plan is not yet finalized.B. The outsourcing plan will be implemented.C. The state officials are confident about the outsourcing plan.D. The college spending analysis justifies the outsourcing plan.50. Why did John Morgan decide to resign?A. He had lost confidence in the Tennessee state government.B. He disagreed with the governor on higher education policies.C. He thought the state's outsourcing proposal was simply unworkable.D. He opposed the governor's plan to reconstruct the college board system.Passage Two Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all, Rome, as the culmination (终极) of their classical education. Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years. Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art. The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome. Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.London was a frequent starting point for Grand Tourists, and Paris a compulsory destination; many traveled to the Netherlands, some to Switzerland and Germany, and a very few adventurers to Spain, Greece, or Turkey. The essential place to visit, however, was Italy. The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as "being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics". Within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist. Panini's Ancient Rome and Modem Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches. Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections. In England, where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative (唤起回忆的) ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.51. What is said about the Grand Tour?A. It was fashionable among young people of the time.B. It was unaffordable for ordinary people.C. It produced some famous European artists.D. It made a compulsory part of college education.52. What did Grand Tourists have in common?。

2023年3月大学英语六级考试真题及答案汇总（3套）一、作文第一套外貌焦虑Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence“People are now increasingly aware of the danger of'appearance anxiety'or being obsessed with one's looks.”You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay You should write at least 150words but no more than200wordsWith the progress of society and the improvement of living standards,many people,especially young people,become too concerned about their appearance and suffer from appearance anxiety.Appearance anxiety can cause us a lot of problems.Not only does this lead to many harmful behaviors,such as excessive exercise,eating disorders,and even cosmetic surgery,which can affect our physical health,it can also have a negative impact on our mental health,making us feel anxious,even depressed,and plunging us into deep self-doubt.We should take positive actions to eliminate our appearance anxiety.First of all, we should keep a positive and optimistic attitude in life and study,so as to improve and overcome anxiety by increasing personal confidence.Secondly,we should have normal standards of beauty,learn to accept our imperfections,and overcome the inferiority and self-doubt brought by st but not least,we should pay more attention to our inner character instead of superficial external performance.In conclusion,appearance anxiety can adversely affect our physical and mental health.We should take active actions to eliminate appearance anxiety through the above mentioned ways,so that we can enjoy a happier life.第二套面临众多选择时做决定Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence“People are now increasingly aware of the challenges in making adecision when faced with too many choices.”You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least 150words but no more than200words.People are now increasingly aware of the challenges in making a decision when faced with too many choices.Especially for students,they often have many different choices before them,and it is indeed a major challenge to make the right choice.For one thing,for most of us,sometimes you can make decisions in an instant,but at other times the choice feels overwhelming.Students may feel anxious when confronted with too many choices and the anxiety may cause a fear of making the wrong choice and later suffering the consequences.This may cause you to hesitate,ruminate, or fail to make any decision at all.For another,some students,It is easy for them to blindly follow others to make choices without considering whether this choice suits them.As far as I’m concerned,If you are struggling to decide what to do,keep your long-term goals in mind.Start journaling your ideas,and document your fears,hopes or expectations so that you have a clear idea of where you are now,and where you want to get to.Keep your goals in mind and explore your options objectively to ensure that you can make the choice that's right for you.第三套数字鸿沟Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence"People are now increasingly aware of the'digital gap'or challenges the elderly face in a digital world."You can make comments,give explanations or cite examples to develop your essay.You should write at least150 words but no more than200words.People are now increasingly aware of the“digital gap”or challenges the elderly face in a digital world.Digitalization has become a prominent feature of current social changes in our country.Moreover,a worrisome point is that a fair number of the elderly still face the problem of"digital siege",which should attract increasing attention nowadays.Personally speaking,there are two reason accounting for this phenomenon.First and foremost,digital technology is rapidly updated and iterated in a short time so that it is difficult for most elderly people to keep their pace with the trend due to physical and intellectual limitations.In addition,the majority of digital technologies are based on the market needs of young people.Only the aged learn the cumbersome intelligent operation can they be able to apply the technologies,which virtually raises the technical threshold of the old people's digital life.According to statistics,our country is officially entering a moderately aged society.Therefore,we should spare no efforts to help the aged overcome the challenges and enjoy the benefits brought by the digitalization.听力本次听力共有一套第一套1.A)In a restaurant.2.D)She is a partial vegetarian.3.B)Changing one's eating habit.4.A)They enjoy perfect health.5.D)The man had an attitude problem.6.C)They use manipulative language to mask their irrational choices.7.B)It is more of a sin than a virtue.8.D)Preserving their power and prestige9.B)They accomplish feats many of us cannot.10.C)They try to be positive role models to children.11.A)Separating an athlete's professional life from their personal life.12.A)They always cost more than expected.13.B)It was cancelled.14.C)Keep to her budget.15.D)She rejected it flatly.16.D)It can influence people's personalities.17.C)They tend to produce positive feelings18.A)The link between temperature and personality is fairly weak.19.B)Chronic loneliness does harm to senior citizens in particular.20.D)Loneliness is probably reversible.21.C)Meaningful social contact.22.A)She had a successful career in finance.23.B)Start a blog.24.D)Create something unique to enter the industry.25.C)Avoiding too much advertising early on.第一套听力音频及原文阅读选词填空(1)文章开头开头：Unthinkable as it may be,humanity,every last person...(2)答案【答案速查】26-30KGLHB31-35JAIND26.K)scenario27.G)extinction28.L)severely29.H)obscure30.B)arise31.J)posed32.A)advocate33.I)particular34.N)species35.D)encounter信息匹配(1)文章标题标题San Francisco Has Become One Huge Metaphor for Economic Inequality in America(2)答案速查36-40DGCEH41-45KFMBJ36.San Francisco city government offered tax benefits to attract tech companies to establish operations in a less developed area.36.D【定位】Policies pushed by Mayor Ed Lee provided tax breaks for tech companies to set up shop along the city’s long-neglected Mid-Market area.37.The fast rise in the prices of land and houses increases the economic inequality among people37.G【定位】When home prices soar above the reach of most households,the gap between the rich and the poor dramatically increases.38.San Francisco has been found to have the biggest income gap in California between the rich and the poor.38.C【定位】According to a recent study,San Francisco ranks first in California for economic difference.39.The higher rate of employment,combined with limited housing supply,did not make it any easier to buy a house.39.E【定位】In spite of all that,the strength of the recent job growth,combined with policies that have traditionally limited housing development in the city and throughout the peninsula,did not help ease the affordability crisis.40.When people compare their own living standard with others’,it has a greater impact on their sense of contentment.40.H【定位】This means that how a person judges their security in comparison to their neighbors’has more of an impact on their happiness than their objective standard of living.41.Improved transport networks connecting the city to distant outlying areas will also help solve the housing crisis.41.K【定位】Real estate alone will not solve the problem,of course.Transportation, too,needs to be updated and infrastructure extended to link distant regions to Silicon Valley and the city.42.Average incomes in the Bay Area make it virtually impossible for most tenant families to buy a home.42.F【定位】Considering that the average household income in the city currently stands at around$80,000,it is not an exaggeration to say that the dream of home ownership is now beyond the grasp of the vast majority of today's people who rent.43.Innovative solutions to social and economic problems should be introduced before it is too late.43.M【定位】It doesn't have to be this way.But solutions need to be implemented now,before angry crowds grow from a nuisance to serious concern.…We need to use existing technology to shorten travel times and break the land limits.44.Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area strongly resent the tech industry because of the economic inequality it has contributed to.44.B【定位】…to drastic market distortions in the San Francisco Bay Area have created boiling resentment in the region towards the tech industry.A vocal minority is even calling on officials to punish those who are benefitting from the economic and housing boom.45.One way to deal with the housing crisis is for the government to simplify the approval procedures for housing projects.45.J【定位】The housing crisis is caused by two primary factors:the growing desirability of the Bay Area as a place to live due to its excellent economy,and our limited housing stock.仔细阅读Passage One(1)文章开头The suggestion that people should aim for dietary diversity by trying to eat a variety of foods has been a basic public health recommendation for decades in the United States everywhere.(2)答案【答案速查】46-50ACABC46.What has been a standard piece of dietary advice for decades?A)People should diversify what they eat47.What did the new research by the American Heart Association find?C)People seeking dietary diversity tend to eat more.48.What could help to explain the contradiction between the new findings and the common public health recommendation?A)There is little consensus on the definition of dietary diversity.49.What did Dr.Rao find after20years of research on obesity?B)Diversified food intake may not contribute to health.50.What does the passage say about people who eat a great variety of food?C)They don't feel they have had enough until they overeat.Passage Two(1)文章开头The ability to make inferences from same and different…(2)答案【答案速查】51-55ADBCD51.In what way were humans thought to be unique?A)Being capable of same-different discrimination.52.What do we learn from the study published in Science?D)Our conception of birds’intelligence was wrong.53.What did the researchers discover about most ducklings from their experiment?B) They could tell whether the objects were the same.54.What was novel about the experiment in the study reported in Science?C)The animals used received no training.55.What do we learn from Dr.Wasserman’s comment on the study of animal minds at the end of the passage?D)Remarkable progress is being made.翻译第1套张骞出使西域【真题】张骞(ZhangQian)是中国第一个伟大的探险家。

2020年9月大学英语六级考试真题及部分答案第1套Directions: Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying Beauty of the soul is the essential beauty. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.第2套Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying What is worth doing is worth doing well. You should write at Least 150 words but no more than 200 words.第3套Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying Wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. You should write at Least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【选词填空第1套】26.L.realms27.C.heavily28.H.mastering29.B. fatigue30.E.hospitalized31.J. obsessed32.F. labeled33.N. ruin34.K.potential35.A.contrary【选词填空第2套】26.D. hierarchy27.H. logistical28.E. insight29.M. saturated30.L. rarely31.O. undoubtedly32.J. outcomes33.A. bond34.l. magically35.K. patterns【信息匹配第1套】How Telemedicine Is Transforming Healthcare36.D段落第一句None of this is to say that telemedicine37.H段落第一句Many health plans and employers have rushed38.E段落第一句What's more,for all the rapid growth39.B段落第一句Doctors are linking up with40.K段落第一句Who pays for the services?41.O段落第一句To date,17 states have joined42.G段落第一句Do patients trade quality for convenience?43.F段落第一句Some critics also question whether44.I段落第一句But critics worry that such45.N段落第一句Is the state-by-state regulatory system【信息匹配第2套】Six Potential Brain Benefits of Bilingual Education36.H.段落第一句Do these same advantages benefit a child who begins learninga second language in kindergarten in-stead of as a baby?37.C段落第一句Traditional programs for English-language learners,38.J段落第一句About 10 percent of students in the Port-land,39.D段落第一句The trend flies in the face of some of the culture wars of two decades ago,40.M段落第一句American public school classrooms as a whole are becoming more segregated by race and class Du-al-language programs can be an exception.41.E段落第一句Some of the insistence on English-first was founded on research produced decades ago,42.B段落第一句Again and again,researchers have found, "bilingualism is an experience that shapes our brain for life,43.P段落第一句A review of studies published last year found that cognitive advantages failed to appear in 83 per-cent of published studies,44.G段落第一句People who speak two languages often outperform monolinguals on general measures of executive function.45.N段落第一句Several of the researchers also pointed out that,【仔细阅读第1套】46-50 (Sleeplessness)46.C They are deeply impressed by Danielle Steel's dailywork schedule.47.A She could serve as an example of industriousness.48.A They are questionable.49.C It may symbolise one's importance and success.50.B The general public should not be encouraged to follow it.51-55 (Organic farming)51.B Organic farming may be exploited to solve the global food problem.52.D It is not that productive.53.C Inequality in food distribution.54.B It is not conducive to sustainable development.55.D Organic farming does long-term good to the ecosys-tem.【仔细阅读第2套】46-50(Public health)46.B People disagree as to who should do what.47.A Governments have a role to play.48.B They have not come up with anything more construc-tive.49.D To justify government intervention in solving the obesity problem.50.C When individuals have the incentive to act according-ly.51-55 (The Coral Sea，proposal）51.A It is exceptionally rich in marine life.52 .D Complete the series of marine reserves around its coast.53 .A The government has not done enough for marine protection54 .D lt is a tremendous joint effort to protect the range of marine habitats55 .C It will protect regions that actually require little pro-tection翻译第1套《水浒传》(Water Margin)是中国文学四大经典小说之一。

大学英语六级考试《阅读理解》备考资料词汇理解（选词填空）最新练习题及答案Directions: In this section, there is apassage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choi ces given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage throu gh carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bankis id entified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each i temon Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may n ot use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteria FOR half a century, the (1) __________of progress in the computer industry ha s been to do more with less.Moore's law famously observes that the number of transistors whic h can be crammed into a given space (2)__________ every 18 months.The amount of data that can be stored has grown at a similar rat e.Yet as (3)__________ get smaller, making them gets harder and mor e expensive.On May 10th Paul Otellini, the boss of Intel, a big American chip maker, put the price of a new chip factory at around $10 billion.Happily for those that lack Intel's resources, there may be a che aper option—namely to mimic Mother Nature,who has been building tiny (4)__________, in the form of living c ells and their components, for billions of years, and has thus got ra ther good at it.A paper published in Small, a nanotechnology journal , sets out t he latest example of the (5)__________.In it, a group of researchers led by Sarah Staniland at the Unive rsity of Leeds, in Britain, describe using naturally occurring protei ns to make arrays of tiny magnets,similar to those employed to store information in disk drives.The researchers took their (6)__________ from Magnetospirillum ma gneticum, a bacterium that is sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field thanks to the presence within its cells of flecks of magnetite, a fo rm of iron oxide.Previous work has isolated the protein that makes these miniature compasses. Using genetic engineering, the team managed to persuade a different bacterium—Escherichia coli, a ubiquitous critter that is a workhorse of biotechnology—to (7)__________ this protein in bulk.Next, they imprinted a block of gold with a microscopic chessboar d pattern of chemicals.Half the squares contained anchoring points for the protein.The other half were left untreated as controls.They then dipped the gold into a solution containing the protein, allowing it to bind to the treated squares, and dunked the whole lot into a heated (8)__________ of iron salts.After that, they examined the results with an electron microscop e.Sure enough, groups of magnetite grains had materialised on the t reated squares, shepherded into place by the bacterial protein.In principle, each of these magnetic domains could store the one or the zero of a bit of information, according to how it was polarise d.Getting from there to a real computer memory would be a long roa d.For a start, the grains of magnetite are not strong enough magnet s to make a useful memory, and the size of each domain is huge by mod ern computing (9)__________.But Dr Staniland reckons that, with enough tweaking, both of thes e objections could be dealt with.The (10)__________ of this approach is that it might not be so ca pital-intensive as building a fab.Growing things does not need as much kit as making them.If the tweaking could be done, therefore, the result might give t he word biotechnology a whole new meaning.A) componentsB) advantageC) standardsD) complimentsE) essenceF) inspirationG) disadvantageH) doublesI) solutionJ) resolutionK) devicesL) manufactureM) spiritN) productO) technique答案：1.E)essence2.H)doubles3.A)components4.K)devices5.O)technique6.F)inspiration7.L)manufacture8.I)solution9.C)standards10.B)advantage全文翻译A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteria制造计算机存储器的新奇方法：使用细菌FOR half a century, the essence of progress in the computer indus try has been to do more with less.半个世纪以来，计算机产业发展的本质就是花钱更少，成事更多。

听力答案Long conversation 1Q1: B Having friendly colleagues解析：原文中前半部分男士说到：“The most important factor for the majority of the people interviewed was having friendly, supportive colleagues.”对于大部分接受采访的人来说，最重要的因素是拥有友好的、互相支持的同事们。

Q2：B 20%解析：原文中部男士说到：“However, 20% of employees described themselves as being unhappy.” 20%的员工说他们工作得不开心。

Q3：A those of a small size解析：后半部男士提到：“First of all, small is beautiful: people definitely preferworking for smaller organizations or companies with less than 100 staff.”首先小就是好：人们绝对偏爱在少于100人的小公司工作。

Q4：C They can better balance work and life解析：原文中男士说到：“And workers on part-time contracts, who only work 4 or 5 hours a day, are happier than those who work full-time. The researchers concluded that this is probably due to a better work-life balance.”每天工作4、5个小时的兼职人员比全职人员要开心，这可能是由于一种更好的工作与生活之间的平衡。

2014年12月英语六级考试作文范文：学历求职(1)【真题范文】In the modern society, with competition becomes increasingly fierce, to find a job is too difficult for the young generation. Academic qualification, as a job a stepping-stone, is an essential factor during the job hunting.Some people think that the highly educated must be able to find a good job, because education can prove that a person has a good capacity. Therefore, it is commonly believe that a job seeker with a master degree must be easier to find a promising job than a undergraduate. However, now the company interviewers generally prefer to required a even higher academic qualification, like a doctor degree. Otherwise, the applicants, even though he or she has tremendous potential, will be refused relentlessly.As far as I am concerned, education should not be the single standard in an interview. As for the companies, it is not necessarily a good principle as well. Now the whole community often talk about working ability and efficiency. For example, some people may have high academic qualification, but actually his ability is very limited. So both the individual and the community ought to change their attitude on academic qualification. We should realize that it is the operational capability and service ability which can help you to find a good job.【范文译文】在现代社会，随着竞争越来越激烈，找工作对于年轻人来说异常困难。

2020年12月12日全国大学英语六级英语答案听力答案第一套1.B)Her claim has been completely disregarded2.B)The ground floor of their cottage was flooded3.A)The woman's failure to pay her house insurance in time4.D)File a lawsuit against the insurance company.5.C)They disagree about the future of Al technology.6.D)Less time-consuming and focusing on creation7.C)Digital life could replace human civilization8. A)It will be smarter than human beings.9.C)Save one-ffth of their net monthly income10.D)Start by doing something small11.A) A proper mindset12. A)She found her outfit inappropriate.13.D)To save the trouble of choosing a unique outfit everyday.14.B)it matters a lot in jobs involving interactions with others.15.C) Do whatever is possible to look smart.16. B)Their obession with consumption17.A)Things that we cherish most18.C)They serve multiple purposes19.D)Over 10% of the respondents lied about the distance the drove20.B)They want to protect their reputation21.C)They seem intuitive.22.A) Older people's aversion to new music.23.C) They find all music sounds the same.24.A)The more you experience something, the better you’ll appreciate it.25.D)Teenagers' emotions are more intense.作文作文第一套第一套WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on why students should be encouraged to de- velop effective communication skills. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words范文：范文：Living in an age when competition is becoming increasingly severe, students are generally encouraged to develop effective communication skills. These skills include boththe man- agement of body language and facial expressions while students are talking and the pace and emphasis of the speech flow.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop effective communication skills mainly lie in the followingthree respects. First of all, as a student, effective communi- cation skills make our thoughts and ideas more easily under- stood by those around us and our talent would be more likely to been seen by others. Moreover,effective communi- cation skills give us the ability to fulfill tasks more efficiently and solve problems more effectively. Last but not least, knowing the secrets of effectively delivering what we would like to express helps us make more friends. To conclude, developing effective communication skills can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success undoubtedly. With these skills, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.第二套第二套WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on why students should be encouraged to de-velop the ability to meet challenges. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.范文：范文：Living in a world where challenges exist everywhere, stu- dents are generally encouraged to develop the ability to meet diverse challenges. Cultivating this ability is no easy task, but once you own it, you will be more likely to achieve success.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop the ability to meet challenges mainly lie in the following three respects. First of all, as a student, the ability to meet challenges can give them a stronger inner mind, which is very indispensable for the growth of contemporary youngsters. Moreover, the ability to meet challenges can make students better prepared for their future career. Last but not least, this ability can undoubtedly enhance students efficiency to solve problems in their real lives.To conclude, developing the ability to meet challenges can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success eventually. With this ability, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.第三套第三套WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on why students should be encouraged to de- velop creativity. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.范文：范文：Living in a time when science and technology has already been highly developed, students are gradually used to accepting large numbers of structured and experience-based knowledge. By contrast, creativity seems relatively more precious because it is a quality so rare that most people would ignore its existence.The reasons why students should be encouraged to develop creativity mainly lie in the following three respects. First of all, the ability to be creative can give them a more splendid inner mind, which is very indispensable for the growth of contemporary youngsters. Moreover, creativity can stimu- stimu- late students’ late students’ late students’ imagination, imagination, imagination, which which which people people people attach attach attach great great im- portance to in the process of invention. Last but not least, this ability can und undoubtedly oubtedly enhance students’ efficiency to solve problems in their real lives.In my point of view, developing creativity can not only render us outstanding easily but also lead us to success eventually. With this ability, we will definitely become the one we have been dreaming to be.选词填空答案：选词填空答案：第一套：第一套：This idea of taxing things that are26.A. discouraging27.E. impaired28.J. instrumental29.N. pump30.G. incentives31.M. probably32.B. dividend33.L. predict34.H. inherently35.0. swelling选词填空第二套：选词填空第二套：Virtually every activity that entails or facilitates…… Virtually every activity that entails or facilitates……26. C. cumulative27.1. scale28. F. foreseeable29. J. strangle30. G. predictions31. D. disruptions32. B. credited33. A. credential34. M. survive35. E. Federal选词填空第三套：选词填空第三套：Social distancing is putting people out of work,…·… Social distancing is putting people out of work,…·…26. C. driven27. O. vulnerable28.H. random29. N. unique30. L. thriftier31. K. temptations32. A. amazing33. D. engaged34. J. spiritually Alpass35. B. closer信息匹配信息匹配Slow Hope36.[E] Some of today's narratives about the future seem to suggest that we too,like Prometheus,will be saved by a new Hercules,a divine engineer someone who will master- mind,manoeuvre and manipulate our planet.37. [1] We need an acknowledgement of our present ecologi- cal plight but also a language of positive change,visions of a better future.38. [C] Today we can no longer ignore the ecological curses that we have released in our search for warmth and com- fort.39. [K] The unscrupulous(39. [K] The unscrupulous(无所顾忌的无所顾忌的无所顾忌的)commodification of food )commodification of food and the destruction of foodstuffs will continue to devastate soils,livelihoods and ecologies.40. [D] Acceleration is the signature of our time.41.[G] This much is clear:we need to find ways that help us flatten the hockey-stick curves that reflect our ever-faster pace ofecological destruction and social acceleration.42.[A] Our world is full of -mostly untold-stories of slowhope,driven by the idea that change is possible.43.[F] Yet,if we envisage our salvation to come from a deus解围之种))，from a divine engineer or a tech ex machina(machina(解围之种解围之种solutionist who will miraculously conjure up a new source of energy or another cure-all with revolutionary potency,we might be looking in the wrong place.44.[1] We need an acknowledgement of our present ecologi- cal plight but also a language of positive change,visions ofa better future.45.[B] At the beginning of time-so goes the myth-humans suffered,shivering in the cold and dark until the titan (巨人)Prometheus stole fire from the gods.Why lifelong learning is the international passport to suc- cess36.[H]Those projects are then interwoven with fast-paced-the-learned’on-the-technical modules(模块) learned’onfly'and’atwill'depending on the nature of the project.37.[E] The Bachelor's degree could be your passport to life- long learning.38.[B] Why?Because universities and curricula are designed along the three unities of French classical tragedy:time,ac- tion,and place.39.[K] Sound like science fiction?40.[1]In addition to technical capabilities,the very nature of projects develops social and entrepreneurial skills,such as design thinking,initiative taking,team leading,activity re- porting or resource planning.41.[C] The university model needs to evolve.42.[J] After the MSc diploma is earned,there would be many more stamps of lifelong learning over the years.43.[N] Even if time were not an issue,who will pay for life- long learning?44.[F] Recent advances in computational methods and data science push us into rethinking science and engineering. 45.[M] This could fix the main organisational challenges for the university,but not for the learners,due to lack of time,- family obligations or funds.仔细阅读仔细阅读阅读阅读第一套第一套46.B)The near impossibility of appreciating art in an age of mass tourism.47.B) It is quite common to misinterpret artistic works.48.C) Good management is key to handling large crowds ofvisitors.49.B 49.B））It is possible to combine entertainment with apprecia- tion of serious art.50 C Help us to see the world from a different perspective.51.D) It takes no notice of the potential impact on the environment.52.A It has the capacity and the financial resources to do so.53.D) Farming consumes most of our natural resources.54. D)Its alleged failure to regulate the industries.55. B) Endeavor to ensure the sustainable development of agriculture.阅读阅读第二套第二套46.B) People'sreluctance tobecompelled to eat plant-based food.47.A) Radicallychange their dietary habits.48.B) Many people simply do not have access to foods they prefer49.D) It may worsen the nourishment problem in low-in- come countries.50. A) It accepts them at the expense of the long-term inter- ests of its people.同思同思51.C) They constantly dismiss others'proposals while taking no responsibility for tacklingthe problem.52.D A distinction should be drawn between responsibility and fault53.A Stop them from going further by agreeing with them.54.B) They are prompted to come up with ideas for making possible changes.55.C Assuming responsibility to free oneself阅读阅读第三套第三套46. C) It may make us feel isolated and incompetent.47. A) They do not find all their online friends trustworthy.48.C) Paint a rosy picture of other people's lives.49.A They should record the memorable moments in peo-49.A They should record the memorable moments in peo-ple’s ple’s lives50.D Strengthen ties with real-life friends instead of caring about their online image51. A) Ruining their culture.52.D) Different chimp groups differ in their way of commu- nication.53. B) Chimp behavior becomes less varied with the increase of human activity.54 C) Study the unique characteristics of each generation of chimps.55.C) Conserve animalspecies in a novel and all-round way.六级翻译答案（三套）六级翻译答案（三套）第一套：第一套：港珠澳大桥港珠澳大桥( Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge)( Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge)( Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge)全长全长55公里，是我国一项不同寻常的工程壮举。